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DESALINATION
Volume 479, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2020.114336
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Chloramine-free; High recovery; Pulse Flow RO; Single stage; Wastewater reuse
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Pulse Flow Reverse Osmosis (PFRO) technology is a new, innovative method for operating Reverse Osmosis water reuse systems that enables high recovery, high flux and Chloramine-free operation. PFRO (TM) constantly changes the osmotic and hydraulic conditions, thus greatly diminishing biofouling and scaling. PFRO technology was demonstrated in a municipal wastewater (WW) treatment facility at Pismo Beach, CA, from October 2018 until October 2019, using secondary effluent of a municipal wastewater plant as source water. The unit operated with an average flux of 16.5 gfd (28 LMH), which is 50% higher than the standard design of 11 gfd (18-19 LMH). Specific flux was 0.12 GFD/PSI- about 25% higher than most well-operated wastewater reuse facilities that operate at the same recovery with specific flux of 0.09-0.1 gfd/psi. The unit operated at 86% recovery in a single RO stage. No chloramine was dosed, thus no disinfection byproducts were formed. The chloramine-free operation generates permeate with an Ultraviolet Transparency (UVT) value of about 100%, thereby saving 30-40% on Capital (CAPEX) and Operational Expenditure (OPEX) in the final Ultra Violet/Advanced Oxidation Process (UV/AOP) stage. The overall water cost in this process is 14-28% lower than a similar standard Fully Advanced Treatment (FAT) water reuse process.
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